Rhantus sinuatus (LeConte)

Alarie, Yves, 2016, Further contributions to the Hydradephaga (Coleoptera, Haliplidae, Gyrinidae and Dytiscidae) fauna of Prince Edward Island, Canada: new records, distributions and faunal composition, ZooKeys 600, pp. 103-129 : 115

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Rhantus sinuatus (LeConte)

Note.

Five specimens of Rhantus sinuatus were collected at two localities of Kings County (Table 2).

Habitat.

This species occurs in lentic habitats densely overgrown with emergent vegetation. The species is common in bogs, but it also occurs in habitats with dense sedges, rushes or Typha ( Larson et al. 2000). In Prince Edward Island, specimens were collected from a permanent pond with Nymphaea and a Sphagnum bog (Table 1).

Distribution in the Maritime Ecozone.

Rhantus sinuatus is known also from the neighboring Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( Larson et al. 2000).